Science and technology

π Digital π Science and technology

Image recognition: the promise of a new approach to energy-efficient AI

With Jean-Gabriel Ganascia, Philosopher and Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at the Faculty of Sciences at Sorbonne University, Simon Thorpe, CNRS Research Director

On October 6th, 2026
3 min reading time

Inspired by the way the brain works, frugal AI could enable image recognition whilst reducing the resources required by current models.

π Science and technology

Simulation engines: video games in the age of dual technologies

With Vincent Bontems, Philosopher of Science and Technology, Research Director at CEA, and Professor at Université Paris-Saclay, Jean Langlois-Berthelot, Doctor in Applied Mathematics and Former Researcher at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris)

On September 29th, 2026
6 min reading time

A video game is a live laboratory built on players, rules, feedback, and the traces they generate.

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π Health and biotech π Science and technology

Layer by layer: how 3D printing is transforming hospitals and medical research

With Samuel Guigo, Operations Manager of W.Print at Brest University Hospital, Pierre Corre, Professor at the Faculty of Medicine at Nantes University Hospital, Surgeon and Researcher at the RMeS

On April 7th, 2026
5 min reading time
π Society π Science and technology

Science under suspicion: how real is the trust crisis?

With Hugo Mercier, CNRS Research Director specialising in Cognitive Science at the Jean Nicod Institute, Ben Seyd, Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Kent

On March 24th, 2026
5 min reading time

The data refute the notion of a widespread crisis of confidence: 80% of French people trust science.

π Science and technology π Geopolitics

How experience in Ukraine is redefining military balances with 5 million drones per year

With Thierry Chigot, General (2S), strategy and innovation consultant, Jean Langlois-Berthelot, Doctor in Applied Mathematics and Former Researcher at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris)

On March 11th, 2026
6 min reading time

Dronisation of defence has accelerated adaptation cycles and requires more industrial sustainability and robustness.

π Neuroscience π Science and technology

Brain implants: the true, the false and the uncertain

With Hervé Chneiweiss, Emeritus CNRS Research Director at Sorbonne University Neuroscience Centre , Clément Hébert, Research Fellow at the Grenoble Institute of Neuroscience

On February 11th, 2026
5 min reading time

Since the 2000s, the use of microelectronics has made it possible to create increasingly smaller implants.